April 15, 2026
Recently, we welcomed representatives from government, partner organisations and community groups to our farm for a field visit focused on urban waterway restoration and shared learning.
The visit formed part of a Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action of Victoria (DEECA)- led field day that brought together recipients of the Urban Waterway Grants Program, supporting the development of a growing community of practice across Victoria. These gatherings create valuable opportunities to connect in person, visit project sites, share knowledge, discuss challenges and celebrate achievements in caring for urban waterways.
Restoring Curly Sedge Creek
For the past three years, WCC’s Conservation team has been working to revitalise a section of Curly Sedge Creek, a small but significant waterway that provides important habitat and movement corridors for native species. The creek meanders across approximately 8 kilometres of predominantly grassland and highly modified urban areas before joining Merri Creek, and holds strong cultural value for Wurundjeri woi‑wurrung people.
This work has been supported through multiple funding streams. WCC received two years of funding from Greenlinks, a Victorian Government program delivered through DEECA, to support revegetation works along a 400 metre stretch of the creek. In addition, the project has also been supported by funding from the Australian Government’s Urban Rivers Program, contributing to ongoing restoration and creek health improvement works.
Since the project began, staff and volunteers have planted more than 5,400 plants, carried out extensive weed management and completed flora and fauna surveys along the site.
Positive signs of recovery
The ecological outcomes are already becoming visible. Since 2023, the Growling Grass Frog has re‑emerged in the area, an encouraging sign of improving habitat health. A total of 38 different native flora species have now been reintroduced, many of which were no longer present along this section of the creek prior to the project.
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